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May 2013
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The editors liked
Sleek flat black powder coated surfaces - inside and out
Tool-less hard drive and device trays
Support for multiple water cooling radiators and custom water loops
Available external port support
Inclusion of externally accessible hot-swap drive bay
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Excellent cost/benefit ratio
Unique design that will appeal to gamers and overclockers
Meshed covers with air filters on the 5.25” bays
Air filter for the front and power supply fans
Anti-vibration rings for 3.5” hard drives
Two hot-swap bays support
Top Mounted Motherboard
Hidden System Components
Dual 140mm Radiator Option
Venting and Fan Options Everywhere
Great Versatility
Airflow
Water Cooling Capabilities
XDock Hot Swap
Very well made
Portable
Case or test bench
Plenty of room for assorted cooling options
Room for large video cards and large CPU coolers
Quickly and easily converts to test bench
Lots of room for multiple SSDs
Very good price
Well shuffled interior
Large handles make it quite easy to transport
Three panels of the case can be removed
Removable motherboard tray
Two hard drive hot-swap bay with well-engineered trays
Can hold four additional 2.5" and two 5.25
Unusual
Visually interesting design
Exceptional air flow across the full width of the motherboard
Hot swap bays for two 3.5" drives
Easier to build a neat system
Very sturdy construction
Actually can be used both as LAN box and test bed
Excellent price/performance
Excellent design means you get good looks and easy hardware installs. Cubelike figure
Orientation make for an awesome test bed. Good value.
The editors didn't like
Lack of bundled fans
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No air filters on the venting holes of the side panels
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Only seven expansion slots
Includes 2x 120mm fans
Not a "true" test bench
None
Fans suck in dust
Depending on PSU design it can be difficult to install
Not exactly quiet
No fan grills on fans
Only space for two 3.5″ drives
Not as accessible as pure test benches
2.5" bays hard/nearly impossible to fill
No USB 2.0 - may be of interest for testers
Screw-less system does not work that well for ODDs
No dust filter on some intake fan locations
Rear motherboard area recessed
Only two front USB ports
Only seven PCI slots
No easy way to accomodate nonoptical drive devices in 5.25" bays
Takes up a lot of room on your desk
Must remove front panel to clean its dust filter
Still big and bulky. Only two 3.5" bays. Heat management not its strongest suit.
The Cooler Master HAF XB is a chassis that redefines our computing experiences and allows the average individual capabilities that can give us years of use and flexibility that only so very few mid-tower chassis can truly claim. ...
Top Mounted Motherboard, Hidden System Components, Dual 140mm Radiator Option, Venting and Fan Options Everywhere
Only seven expansion slots, Includes 2x 120mm fans, Not a "true" test bench
People are often skeptical when you start messing with things that are perceived as standards in the industry and the computer chassis is no exception. In fact the first time I saw this case I wondered where you would put it. Tower cases are nice because ...
Great Versatility, Airflow, Water Cooling Capabilities, XDock Hot Swap
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The Cooler Master HAF XB has great aesthetics appeal and the versatility of its multi-purpose case gives users great value per performance. Discuss in the Forum...
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Published: 2012-11-12, Author: Tony , review by: proclockers.com
The Cooler Master HAF XB is a prime example of getting two products for the price of one. It can make for the perfect gaming chassis or it can be opened up to become the ideal test bench station. The purchaser is the one who has to decide what the better ...
Unusual, visually interesting design, Exceptional air flow across the full width of the motherboard, Hot swap bays for two 3.5" drives, Easier to build a neat system, Very sturdy construction, Actually can be used both as LAN box and test bed, Excellent price/performance,
Only two front USB ports, Only seven PCI slots, No easy way to accomodate nonoptical drive devices in 5.25" bays, Takes up a lot of room on your desk, Must remove front panel to clean its dust filter
A computer case's main purpose is simply to hold your components. Beyond that, there are other considerations, but these will vary depending upon the use you put the system to. For example, thermal management and airflow isn't very important in a low-...
Abstract: It may be dubbed a LAN Box but Cooler Master’s new HAF XB can still be considered a fully functioning ATX sized enclosure. It uses a number of innovative design features in order to cram an impressive amount of hardware into a constrained space while ...
Solid build in a small stature, Great cooling and easy cable routing, It's kinda CUTE, but makes for a hell of LAN rig, Cost for the quality can't be beat...
Strange shape, Front fans are LOUD without a fan controller...
the HAF XB brings back the BluePanda "Gold" award. I choose to give few gold awards here on OCC and reserve them for the products that really deserve them by going above and beyond expectations in a product. To be honest the HAF XB is cheap as hell fo...
I really like what I found in the HAF XB. As a standalone chassis with handles on the side for added portability for LAN events, the HAF XB offers everything one expects in a full tower chassis. Then you add in the fact that I can also run this withou...
